Significant Australians
A century of great Australians. Book 1
Table of contents includes: Reg Ansett, Edmund Barton, Daisy Bates, Neville Bonner, Arthur Boyd, Donald Bradman, Macfarlane Burnet, Evonne Cawley, Victor Chang, Graeme Clark, Margaret Court, John Curtin, Betty Cuthbert.
A century of great Australians. Book 2
Alfred Deakin, C.J. Dennis, Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, Elizabeth Evatt, John Farnham, Howard Florey, Reverend John Flynn, Miles Franklin, Dawn Fraser, Cathy Freeman, Mel Gibson, Shane Gould, Germaine Greer.
A century of great Australians. Book 3
Table of contents includes: Robert Helpmann, Fred Hollows, Janet Holmes a Court, Barry Humphries, Paul Jennings, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Thomas Keneally, Elizabeth Kenny, Charles Kingsford Smith, John Landy, Rod Laver, Henry Lawson, Enid Lyons.
A century of great Australians. Book 6
Table of contents includes: Sigrid Thornton, Ian Thorpe, David Unaipon, Nancy Bird Walton, Shane Warne, Karrie Webb, Peter Weir, Patrick White, Gough Whitlam, R.M. Williams, Tim Winton, The Woodies, Simone Young.
Albert Namatjira
Amazing Australians in their flying machines
Amazing Australians in Their Flying Machines tells the stories of ten brave Australians who changed the face of aviation forever. These include Charles Kingsford Smith, John Flynn and Nancy Bird- the youngest licensed woman pilot. Up until these pioneers changed aviation in Australia, it could take days, weeks, or months, for everyday Australians to get to their destination in the early 20th Century.
Archie's Letter
Meet ten-year-old Archie, his family, and best friend in a scrapbook Archie has made himself, full of comic strips and plenty of other memorabilia. The year is 1914, and as the Great War begins, Archie’s scrapbook reflects the war’s impact on his life and on those who write back from the front.
Ben & Gracie's art adventure : Frederick McCubbin
When Ben and Gracie visit their mum at the art gallery where she works, they lose themselves in the paintings of colonial artist Frederick McCubbin, venturing back in time to meet with new settlers to Australia. Transported into a raging dust storm before moving on to a forest glade, Ben and Gracie travel with their new friends and see for themselves the difficulties faced in the harsh Australian bush environment. But on venturing deeper into the forest in search of wildflowers, the pair come across fairies and lose their way at nightfall. Will they be able to find their way back to the settlers and the art gallery?
Black snake : the daring of Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly was a thief, a bank robber and a murderer. He was in trouble with the law from the age of 12. He stole hundreds of horses and cattle. He robbed two banks. He killed three men.Yet, when Ned was sentenced to death, thousands of people rallied to save his life. He stood up to the authorities and fought for what he believed in. He defended the rights of people who had no power. Was he a villain? Or a hero? What do you think?
Caroline Chisholm
Cathy Freeman
Charles Kingsford Smith
Christine Anu
Dame Nellie Melba
Damain Keogh
Famous Australians
Fred Hollows
Thanks to Fred, well over a million people who were blind are able to see. He gave sight to the blind in far away places such as Nepal, Eritrea and Vietnam, but it was his unselfish commitment to the eye health of Australian Aborigines that first made us sit up and take notice.
Gough Whitlam
Heath Ledger
Henry Lawon
Ian Thorpe
Jack Lang
John Curtin
John Simpson Kirkpatrick
Gallipoli hero. Summary: John Simpson, aka John Kirkpatrick, aka the Man with the Donkey, was a hero of the Gallipoli campaign, though he never fired a shot in anger. He was an Englishman, yet he was typical of the young Australians who set out on a great adventure in 1915 - and never came back. He was a larrikin, didn't like bosses and never had a permanent job. But when the going got tough, he was the sort of bloke you would like to have beside you.
Kimberley Warrior - the story of Jandamarra
Lleyton Hewitt
Meet... Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton Paterson spent his early years in country NSW. He was sent to finish his education in Sydney, where he eventually worked as a lawyer. Paterson missed the bush and, using the pseudonym, the Banjo, after the horse he used to ride, began to write poems and stories that brought the bush to the city. He is famous for The Man from Snowy River and Waltzing Matilda.
Meet... Captain Cook
Captain James Cook was an explorer in the British Royal Navy. In 1768, Cook and his crew on the HMB Endeavour set sail from England in search of new lands and scientific knowledge. They discovered the east coast of New Holland (Australia) and claimed it for the King of England in1788.
Meet... Dame Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba was Australia's first classical music star. The beauty of her singing was celebrated around the globe. She was appointed Dame Commander, OBE for her enormous fundraising efforts during World War One and today she is commemorated on Australia's hundred dollar banknote. This is the story of how she rose to fame, and how she brought opera to Australians in the city and in the bush.
Meet... Don Bradman
Don Bradman was Australia's greatest cricketer. This is the story of how he first came to play for Australia, and how his record-breaking feats in the Ashes series became a source of pride and hope during the hard years of the Great Depression.
Meet... Ned Kelly
Meet Ned Kelly doesn't set out to render him a saint, only to provide some of the background for the choices he makes. Ned's story is told in rhyme that references bush ballads and takes the reader back to a time when stories were often told in ballad form - making them easier to share with others. Ned Kelly's story is an iconic one, and readers will enjoy this introduction to his short and eventful life.
Meet... Sydney Nolan
Sidney Nolan is one of Australia's most admired and recognised visual artists. This is the story of how he developed his iconic Ned Kelly series of paintings, brought modernist art to Australia and took Australian art to an admiring international audience.
Meet... Weary Dunlop
Weary Dunlop was an Australian Army surgeon during World War II. This is the story of how Weary's bravery and compassion helped to save lives and bolster the spirits of fellow prisoners of war on the Thai-Burma Railway.
Mum Shirl
Ned Kelly
This book tells the story of the bushranger Ned Kelly. It has many photographs and pictures of Ned during his life.
Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
Ned Kelly and the green sash is a window into the character of a poor boy, once honoured for his bravery, who grew up to become Australia's most notorious bushranger
Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter
Ned Kelly's Secret
Hugo and his father are travelling through Australia, on the trail of tales of the gold rush. But after they're ambushed on the road by the notorious outlaw Harry Power, they decide to chase something wilder and far more exciting... the stories of the bushrangers. In Benalla, Hugo befriends a boy from the bush, a boy who's brave, bold and will do anything for his clan. A boy with a dark and dangerous secret, 15 year old Ned Kelly!
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Outlaw son : the story of Ned Kelly
Described as a kind and gentle man, who was also a bank robber, thief and murderer, Ned Kelly is Australia's most famous bush ranger.
Pemulwuy
This book tells the story of the great Aboriginal warrior Pemulwuy. It has many illustrations from his life-time.
Peter Lalor
Professor Fred Hollows
Fred Hollows qualified as an eye doctor in New Zealand and later moved to Australia. He restored sight to more than one million people. He worked in remote and Aboriginal communities, providing much needed aid, often for free. Working in Nepal and Eritrea, his factories, run by local people, produced three million lenses for ten dollars each. He believed that curing blindness gave people back their independence.
Reverend John Flynn
Sally's story
The first part of Sally Morgan's My Place, presented as Sally's story of her school days, her family, growing up, going to university and trying to discover her place.
Shane Warne
Shout out to the girls : a celebration of awesome Australian women.
Simpson and his donkey
A poignant account of the story of John Simpson Kirkpatrick and how he and his donkey, Duffy, rescued over 300 men during the campaign at Gallipoli. The book includes a brief biography of the man, details of his work at Gallipoli as well as the little known story of how, without realising, he rescued his childhood friend.
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Henry Parkes
Sir John Monash
Sir Mark Oliphant
Sir Robert Menzies
BookSoldier boy : the true story of Jim Martin the youngest Anzac
This is the story of Jim Martin who enlisted in the Australian army at the age of fourteen to fight in World War I.
The makers of Australia's sporting traditions : lives from the Australian dictionary of biography
Tina Arena
Tom Roberts
Twelve noteworthy people
Tells the story of the people on the Australian Notes